Morocco 2019
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I use this place before and after crossing, so I would say yes.
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Hi @PhilandMena.
Thanks for your response. Apologies, that was my bad English. I am only using 1 filter, my line of thinking was: gas bottle, regulator, hose, filter, hose, gas BBQ inlet. My difficulty has been to get connectors from the hose to each side of the filter. It sounds like this maybe too complicated so may have to attach the filter directly to the gas bottle like you so am hoping to find out if it will fit.
Do you attach the regulator to the other side of the filter you have shown in your link? If you can please describe or provide a photo of your set up that would be very useful. I'm sorry that I'm a bit vague but I hope I can learn from your experience and am very grateful for any help.
I love the photos you put on and hopefully we can have such a great adventure as you have.
Very best regards and Happy Christmas.
Nik
I do not think any photos of my set up would be of value to you as I have the Gaslow system. I have a dedicated Gaslow hose (see link below) that goes from the filter connected to the Moroccan gas bottle to the filler point on my motorhome. From there straight into my Gaslow cylinder and them from there to Fridge, Oven or Hob via regulator.
I would be careful trying to back fill your system via the BBQ point as the pressures straight from the bottle will probably be too high unless you use a regulator. Better if you can go from Maroc gas bottle, through filter and straight into your gas bottle.
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Lovely fishing village Cap Taflney Alan, I recall the road in was narrow, and a switch back bend just before you enter the village
Here's a question for the Moroc vetrans, or anybody else who can answer. (I would be grateful for facts and not opinions, please).
Data sim card in Morocco.
1. Can I use a Moroc Telecom data sim card last used in 2016 ?
2. Can I use a Vodafone Data Sim Card if I cahnge the APN settings ?
I have no intentions of ever queuing again at Asilha for a sim card.
Data sim card in Morocco.
1. Can I use a Moroc Telecom data sim card last used in 2016 ?
2. Can I use a Vodafone Data Sim Card if I cahnge the APN settings ?
I have no intentions of ever queuing again at Asilha for a sim card.
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Unfortunately, it looks as though we now won't be able to go in January, due to doctor's appointments. If we can get away by March, would it still be worth going for a couple of months, or will the weather be getting too warm, bearing in mind that we have an elderly dog?
Many thanks for your views.
Many thanks for your views.
TerryL
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@PhilandMena
1/ In my experience a Maroc Telecom card expires 12 months after last use - I "reactivated" an 11 month old card just by topping up.
2/ As long as the sim card will connect with a service provider I don't see why not, but it's likely to be very expensive. Certainly phoning home with a Vodafone mobile was.
The mistake at Asilah is to let the guy try to fit the card for you and get it to work. Couple of years ago when I was leading our first group we told everyone just to buy the card, don't let the guy do anything, and we'd sort it out later. It was just a matter of changing the APN but of course different devices have different ways of doing that and the guy struggled. Took us a couple of minutes with each device whereas he gave up after half an hour when the queue was out the door.
You don't have to use Maroc Telecom, there are other service providers. It's just that MT has total coverage, the others not always.
1/ In my experience a Maroc Telecom card expires 12 months after last use - I "reactivated" an 11 month old card just by topping up.
2/ As long as the sim card will connect with a service provider I don't see why not, but it's likely to be very expensive. Certainly phoning home with a Vodafone mobile was.
The mistake at Asilah is to let the guy try to fit the card for you and get it to work. Couple of years ago when I was leading our first group we told everyone just to buy the card, don't let the guy do anything, and we'd sort it out later. It was just a matter of changing the APN but of course different devices have different ways of doing that and the guy struggled. Took us a couple of minutes with each device whereas he gave up after half an hour when the queue was out the door.
You don't have to use Maroc Telecom, there are other service providers. It's just that MT has total coverage, the others not always.
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We're going to try and use our 2016 sim but was told by someone they only last a year
TerryL
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That's a shame, unfortunately just discovered we might be in a similar position but depends on availability of a specialist (not for us, but elderly mother). Will know in a couple of weeks hopefully.
Only you know how your dog copes with heat, but it's dry heat in Morocco unlike the humid heat we experience in Europe and we find we can enjoy a greater temperature there than, say, Italy or Spain. As for length of time we usually say you need a minimum of 6 weeks to have a proper Maroc experience - we find 2 months ideal but that's us, others stay much longer.
I may have been one of those people in the Que. Worse than a total nightmare and one particular female did not know what she wanted and had no information to enable her contract to be established and after 30 minutes or so gave up. I recall not being able to get to the front of the Que and having to return the following morning. You just know it's going to be rammed again this time round. Never again for me at that place. I think I will rely on campsite WiFI as bad as it is and maybe try the Moroc Telecom in Tafroute as we pass through. Perhaps they can set me up with a new sim card.
TerryL
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Yes Phil, I believe you were 'cos I had to go back too! Problem is they had to try and cope with a dozen customers all at once and just the paperwork alone took them up to 10 mins each!
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Its only a few miles from the port, so definitely the easiest option. Its also a large forecourt, plenty of room to get to the LPG pump and plenty of space to park up if its lunchtime.
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Re data sim in Morocco - when we arrived in Asilah earlier this year, MT was closed for the weekend
We ended up going into the town and got a data sim from INWI
It worked very well
and there is an Inwi shop in Tafroute
We ended up going into the town and got a data sim from INWIIt worked very well
and there is an Inwi shop in Tafroute
Thanks for that! I note there is a Moroc Telecom in Tiznit and will be heading through there on our way south. There is also a Moroc Telecom in Tafroute too.Re data sim in Morocco - when we arrived in Asilah earlier this year, MT was closed for the weekend
It worked very well
TerryL
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If I remember correctly the MT shop in Tiznet is not much bigger than a market stall. However it is quite easy to find, it's on the big roundabout as you enter the town from the north, actually between two exit roads, and it's possible to park right outside it. Got a top-up there. Reasonable supermarket just round the corner too.
Not quite Terry, next to the post office a few hundred meters before the roundabout, according to Google Maps.
Top ups of Morrocco telecom and anwi are easy to find at lots of small shops. I’ve also found small shops selling SIM cards, and if your phone is unblocked then it’s easy.
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There is a MT shop in Ksar Sghir, on road in try there phil
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Can I presume we are talking about phone cards and data only sim cards being available.
Anyone got any ideas on the APN settings for MT so that we could set it up ourselves if need be.
Anyone got any ideas on the APN settings for MT so that we could set it up ourselves if need be.
When you buy ‘top Up’ cards, they are the same cards for data and phone usage. When you put the code in from the purchased ‘top up card’ you finish the input with #3 or #4, one is for international calls and the other is data. I don’t have the information to hand, but will look later.
Also if you have the phone with you many shops will do it for you via their own phone....really clever and you always get a confirmation text to your phone...in French !!
Also if you have the phone with you many shops will do it for you via their own phone....really clever and you always get a confirmation text to your phone...in French !!
webby1
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That's really helpfu l@hotelman..............any more details appreciated.
Means we just have to buy the card rather than having to wait to get it set up.
Means we just have to buy the card rather than having to wait to get it set up.
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If my memory serves me correctly. it's # 3 for a data sim card.
TerryL
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When I put the sim card into the mifi the first time the APN reset itself - to iamgprs2.ma - and I never had to change it, worked first time I tried to connect. Don't know anything about #3 or #4, it just worked. As I posted earlier, though, different devices do it differently so it may be necessary to change it manually.
Just found my old contract and sim card. Well out of date now so will replace at some stage in Moroc.
Also, Vodafone contract customers can use their phone in Morrocco for £6 a day, using the contract data and calls. You are only charged for the days you use the phone.
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